- Let the car cool off before you line up. Put ice on your upper intake manifold.
- Take all the crap out of the car, the spare, everything you can.
- Bring a helmet, you'll need it, you'll probly be under 14 seconds.
- With street tires, a blower, and 3.73s you might have traction issues, I'd practice your launches somewhere. All it takes is one idiot in a pro-mod to leak crap everywhere and limit you to 1-2 runs for the whole night so you want to bring your A-game when they occur. This has happened to me on test and tune before.
- Shallow stage. Inch forward just far enough so that you break the second staging light. If you do this, you have a 15 or so inch head start before the timer actually starts. This is a HUGE advantage. This will literally cut tenths off your time.
- With a stock hci, I'd be shifting that puppy around 5500. I'm not as familiar with blown applications though or what a powerdyne's dyno curve looks like. You're going to have to experiment with the ol' butt dyno until you figure it out.
- Move the seat up as far as you comfortable can. The closer your hands are to your body, the better your hand-eye coordination is, which means the better your stick work will be. Ever see a NASCAR driver have to reach for the shifter? Me either. The wheel and the stick are practically in their lap for a reason.
- Don't dump the clutch when launching, rev it up then slip it. Especially if you are using the stock differential and axles. If you are using sticky tires, 3.73s, and a blower, AND dumping the clutch, your stock diff will be experiencing some serious strain.
my .02, have fun!
Adam
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